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Poet Laureate Emeritus, City of Davis CA. Poet-in-residence for Slide Hill Park. Family man. Friend to dogs.

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The Factory Poet
dandenton.substack.com?r=ujgzs&utm_...

I like this guy. He's my read my cousin Joanie and her husband Fred. Back in September he reviewed an anthology they're in and I just now read it.
The Factory Poet | Dan Denton | Substack
Former UAW chief steward turned full-time poet, writer and novelist. Living in a RV. Voted best writer in Toledo in 2024. Click to read The Factory Poet, by Dan Denton, a Substack publication with hun...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
'What We Wanted'
- A poem by Carol Moldaw

#poetry

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What We Wanted
was a trail that would lead sufficiently far away / to make it a good walk by the time we got back.
poets.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.

Tallulah Bankhead
November 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.

That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.

Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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tRUMP won’t be happy until they’re putting the poor into the furnaces.

#resist
The government shutdown has escalated the US war on the poor
For the ruling elite, poor Americans are expendable.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Trans/figuration

-a poem by Sanam Sheriff

#poetry

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Trans/figuration
I have kissed the face of the life that took from me the only life I knew.
www.poetryfoundation.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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I’ve published a baker’s dozen of typewriter interviews now — latest is poet Matthew Zapruder austinkleon.substack.com/p/typewriter...
Typewriter interview with Matthew Zapruder
10 questions about poetry, negative capability, music, and typewriters
austinkleon.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
OF COURSE, I WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A WARRIOR.

In the dream I wasn't a part of the battle, I did not fight. I attended the injured warriors, but not like a doctor, more like a priest. I held them and prayed and closed their eyes when it was over. I said the last words that they ever heard.

jobe
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
POSHMARK, #poetry from Erin Marie Lynch

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Poshmark
How nearly can I / inhabit someone
poets.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Mifune is cool. That guy can have his hair in a man-bun and still be cooler than Steve McQueen.
November 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Aperture, a #poem by Elise Paschen

poets.org/poem/apertur...
Aperture
Looking through the lens for a close-up, / he frames me, pond in the background.
poets.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Aperture, a #poem by Elise Paschen

poets.org/poem/apertur...
Aperture
Looking through the lens for a close-up, / he frames me, pond in the background.
poets.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
LET GO

Swim when the sun goes down.
Allow the night to take control;
you don't have to run everything.
Let the night air slowly dry your skin.
The night can be both mother and father,
Lover and friend. It can lead you,
guide you, all the way to sunrise.

jobe

#poetry #poem
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I FIND THAT WHICH IS DIVINE EVERYWHERE.

I will find you in every good thing.
A perfect snow. The fine curve
of an ocean wave. And I know you
when I see a child smiling, or when joy
fills my heart and lifts me up.
The goodness of you
creates a goodness in me.

jobe

#poetry #poem
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM